Music of the Heart is a 1999 American English-language Drama motion picture starring Meryl Streep, Aidan Quinn, Angela Bassett, Gloria Estefan, Jane Leeves, Kieran Culkin and Ronald Sylvers. The film is a dramatization of the true story of Roberta Guaspari, portrayed by Meryl Streep, who co-founded the Opus 118 Harlem School of Music and fought for music education funding in New York City public schools. Craven/Maddalena Productions in association with Miramax Films. were the production houses involved in the project along with executive producer(s) Susan Kaplan, Marianne Maddalena, Allan Miller and Walter Scheuer. Music of the Heart is written by Pamela Gray and directed by Wes Craven. Miramax Films acquired the distribution rights for the film. The film has a running time of 123 minutes. Music of the Heart was made on a budget of $27 million and at the box office it grossed only $14 million. Cinematography was done by Peter Deming and editing by Gregg Featherman and Patrick Lussier. The music was composed by Mason Daring.